Clothes-rack.



PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908.

' H. G; TBIPEL.

CLOTHES RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15,1907.

HENRY O. TEIPEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CLOTHES-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed June 15, 1907. Serial No. 379,267.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY O. TEIPEL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes Racks, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to a folding clothes rack, my object being to provide a simple, inexpensive clothes rack, the arms of which are adapted to swing or fold together into compact form so that when the device is folded it will occupy very little space against the Wall or structure to which it is fixed.

A further object of my invention is to provide the arms of the clothes rack with braces, the outer ends of which are connected to the arms at a considerable distance away from the points Where said arms are hinged, thereby enabling the outer ends of said arms to support considerable weight.

To the above purposes, my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a folding clothes rack of my improved construction; Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line 22 of Fig. 1'; Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the plate forming the base, or main body portion of the rack.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings: 1 designates a vertically disposed plate forming the main body portion of the rack, which plate is fixed to a wall or post in any suitable manner, and formed in the center of said plate is a slot 2, there being grooves 3 formed in the rear side of said plate adjacent said slot.

Fixed to the upper portion and front face of the plate 1 is a horizontally disposed semicircular block 4, and hinged to the edge thereof, in any suitable manner, are the rear ends of a series of radially arranged arms 5. Arranged to slide vertically on the front face of the plate 1, below the block 4, is a horizontally disposed semi-circular block 6, to the under side of which is fixed a bracket 7; and carried by the rear side of said bracket is a tongue 8, which projects through the slot 2, and fixed to the rear side of said tongue is a plate 9, the side edges of which operate in the grooves 3. Hinged in any suitable manner to the edges of the block 6 are the lower ends of a series of upwardly projecting curved braces or supporting arms 10, the upper ends of which are pivotally connected to the arms 5.

When a clothes rack of my improved construction is in use, the arms 5 occupy horizontal positions, with the tongues 8 occupying the lower end of the slot 3. The braces 10 are pivotally connected to the arms 5 at a considerable distance away from the rear end of said arms, and, therefore, said braces assist said arms 5 in supporting considerable weight. hen it is desired to fold the clothes rack into an out-of-the-way position, the block 6 is moved upward on the face of the plate 1, which action causes all of the arms 5 to simultaneously swing into vertical positions immediately adjacent the wall or post to which the plate 1 is fixed; and, when so folded, the entire rack occupies a very small space.

Folding clothes racks of my improved construction may be made in various sizes, can be used for a various number of purposes, can be cheaply produced, are very light, strong, and durable, and occupy very little space when folded.

I claim A folding clothes rack, comprising a vertically disposed base, in which is formed a slot, a block secured to the upper portion of the base on the front side thereof, a series of radially arranged arms hinged to the block, a semi-circular block arranged to slide on the lower portion of the base, a bracket fixed to and supporting said last mentioned block,

and the rear end of which bracket extends through the slot in the base, a plate fixed to the rear end of said bracket behind the base, and aseries of curved arms pivotally connected to the radially arranged arms and to the block carried by the bracket.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY O. TEIPEL.

WVitnesses:

EDWARD E. LONGAN, M. P. SMITH. 

